"Madam and gentlemen, is there any result from today's conversation with the Lord?"
Witch hunter Diego walked in from the door. He closed the door carefully, then walked up to Rhodes and asked in a low voice. During the meeting in the morning, they acted separately. Rhodes and Caroline were guests of honor in the hall. Meeting with Lord James. Diego used the excuse of going to the bathroom and went deep into the darkness of the castle to investigate. With decades of experience in hunting monsters, he knew how to hide himself while hunting down targets. Facts have proved that he did investigate something.
"There are not many results, but from his words and deeds, we can roughly judge that he is lying. There must be ulterior secrets in this castle."
Rhodes said. Upon seeing this, Caroline walked to the door and cast a small spell - Silence. It silenced the entire room and isolated the sound to prevent the partition wall from having ears.
"There is indeed a secret. I found this in the back kitchen storage room."
Diego said as he took out a severely damaged skull from his arms. There was no flesh and blood on the bone. Perhaps it had been discarded for too long and the skull had turned yellow. The most striking feature was that this skull was The skull was very small, like that of a child. A large hole was pried open at the back of the head, and the surrounding area was covered with cracks. You can imagine how cruel and painful the young child suffered before his death.
Caroline gritted her teeth with hatred.
"They must have done this!"
She thought angrily.
"Not necessarily. Even if it is, we have no evidence to directly prove that this is related to vampires. However, according to my experience, this is not an ordinary wound. The boy may have had his head bitten into pieces while he was still alive, and then suffered Eating. The jagged tooth marks can prove something from the side."
Diego said calmly, with a calm expression on his face, as if this was not the first time he had seen this kind of thing in his long hunting career.
"Eating? Do they like to devour living people?"
Caroline asked angrily.
"Maybe more than that, they like what's inside the head."
As the witch hunter spoke, he tapped his head lightly with his fingers. Everyone couldn't help but feel numb after hearing this... A bloody and cruel picture was generated in everyone's mind.
"So, we actually came to the right place this time."
Rhodes said calmly.
"Yes, but we have too few people. It may be difficult to continue the investigation. If he is really hiding a vampire, or he is a vampire himself, then our situation will be very dangerous."
The old witch hunter said, walked to the table, and poured himself a full glass of wine. The corners of his eyes were wrinkled, and he looked very vicissitudes of life and deep. Every witch hunter has his own story, or madness, Either cruel or loyal, but Diego hasn't told his story to everyone yet. Rhodes believes that after this cooperation, the old man's heart may open up a little.
"It is precisely because there are too few people that we have the opportunity to really get close to the vampires. The reason why we need to form a team for this operation, instead of chasing them with great fanfare, is because we are worried about scaring away the vampires. Too few people are our weakness, and at the same time,
Our advantage, at least, is that the enemy will not take us seriously. This is an opportunity."
Rhodes explained.
"Hearing this, you already have your own plan?"
The old witch hunter took a sip of wine, turned his head and looked at Rhodes.
"No, there is no plan. My idea is to confirm that there are vampires hiding in this castle before Pierno's reinforcements arrive. That way, once the large forces arrive, we can legitimately launch a search of the castle."
Rhodes frowned and said.
"It's a good idea, but it's difficult."
"It's not difficult. You have the opportunity to go deep into the kitchen and prove that they are not really wary of you."
Rhodes said.
"But it's just the kitchen. If you go down further, you will be discovered."
Diego returns.
"Then we can stay here for a few more days and continue the investigation. As long as there is direct evidence that vampires are haunting the castle, it will be fine. Rhodes, didn't you say that reinforcements from Kislev will arrive soon?"
Yeskovitch interjected.
"It will be very soon, and it will only last a few days. Therefore, we must be more careful in these few days."
Rhodes answered worriedly. This is the most effective plan, but it is not the safest. However, in special times, using the safest plan may not be the best plan. Rhodes knows that since he was in the Battle of the Whispering Forest,
After he became famous, the bloody Ice Queen Catalina has been staring at him. If he doesn't prove his loyalty to her in the shortest possible time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to live under the queen's eyes in the future. And the best way to prove it is
He carried out her orders regardless of anything, even if he was in danger...
Alas, thinking of this, Rhodes couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It's really difficult to survive the power struggle. The people of Erlengrad probably rebelled when they couldn't bear it anymore.
…
In a dark room.
"Are you sure they will come tonight?"
The witch hunter lowered his voice and confirmed with Rhodes again in the smallest possible voice. The hunting plan was decided on an impromptu basis in the evening. After thinking about it in the room for an afternoon, Rhodes finally figured out a way to capture the evidence. That was to use
The enemy is careless and counterattacks the opponent.
It is almost certain that there is a vampire lurking in the Castle of Darkness. From the day the vampire escaped from the sewer and got the key to the iron door of the sewer, to when Diego found the horrifying bones in the castle, all this has been revealed from the side.
Prove that there is a ghost in the castle. What they lack now is direct proof. Rhodes' idea is that as long as they catch a vampire in the castle, or creatures related to vampires, their servants, puppets, etc., it will be enough.
It directly proves that there are monsters hiding in the castle. And guessing that the vampires will take action is to think from their standpoint, because they already know that the hunting team is coming, and only by killing the hunting team can they continue to hide in the castle...
The only thing Rhodes was not sure about was why Lord James was hiding these vampires? Could it be that he worshiped their power and wanted to become one of them. But that was not important for now.
"Nine times out of ten, there is nothing wrong with preparing in advance."
Rhodes answered breathlessly while helping the witch hunter set up traps.
"Then why didn't you inform the dwarf?"
The witch hunter asked curiously.
"He is a very good and brave warrior, but it is not appropriate to use it at this time. Tell him, he will be so excited that he will not sleep all night. Vampires are not fools, they will notice it."